String-maker&#39;s peg



Aug. 16, 1927. H. L DIEHL STRING MAKER'S PEG Filed Sept. '7, 1926 Patented Aug. 16, 1927.

PATENT QFFICE.

HARRY IJ- DIEHL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

STRING-MAKEBS PEG.

Application filed September 7, 1926. Serial No. 133,748.

found in a coiled formation in the animals.

They consequently have what is termed a long side and a short side. The short side contains fatty tissues and rough edges of theperitoneum, and this part produces an inferior gut. When the guts are drawn over a curved peg, thev automatically conform to the peg; that is. the long side follows the outer or convex side of the peg, while the short side follows the inner or concave side of the peg.

In slitting or cutting the gut it is often desirable to slit or cut along a certainlongitudinal line of the gut. On account of the variation in size of the guts and theirirregularity. a tension device has been applied to the peg as shown in United States Letters Patent No. 1,229,419. This tension device has revolutionized the art in that its use permits cutting or slittingthe gut uniformly along a desired longitudinal line and enables the production of strings superior to any on the market, so far as I know.

By providing the tension device substantially as shown, the gut is held uniformly tcnsioned and the same relative parts of the gut assume the same relative positions on the peg as the gut is drawn over the peg.

It is accordingly an object of this invention to improve the peg to more evenly sup port and tension the guts, and to provide means for slitting the guts while under such tension, along the short side where the rough folds of the peritoneum and fats are found.

The invention comprises the novel structu-re and combination of parts hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out and defined in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate certain forms of this invention and in which similar reference numerals refer to similar features in the different views:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of one form of my improved string-makers peg.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the form shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of another form of my improved string-makers pe Figure 4 is a sectional view upon the line IV IV of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a sectional view upon the line V-V of Figure 3. s

Figure 6 is an inner elevational view of Figure 3.

Figure 7 is a top plan view of another form of my improved string-makers peg.

Figure .8 is an innersor side elevational view of such peg.

Figure 9 is a sectional view upon the line IX IX of Figure 7.

Figure 10 isa sectional view upon the line XX of Figure 7. T

Figure 11 is a sectional. view showing the slitting element attached to the inner side of the main peg.

In the several views of the drawings, the

peg'consists generally of an arcuate mem-,

her having a movable branch attached thereto which 1S preferably resiliently supported adjacent its attaching end, and is associated at a suitable point with gut slitting means.

In Figure 1, there is shown a prefered form of peg 1 which is arcuate in a longitudinal direction. Upon the inner or concave side of the member 1 there is a resilient y supported branch 6, the forward end of which is resiliently secured to the forward end of the member 1. In the present instance it is shown as lapped around such forward end and secured by screws or pegs 7. It should, however, be understood that it may be attached in any other suit able way. At the rear part of the member 6 there is a slitting element 8. The member 6 is shown as a wire or the like which may be flattened at its forward end as indicated at 9, to produce a better yielding effect.

In Figures 3 to .6, inclusive, the peg comprises an arcuate member 1 which is substantially elliptical in cross-section. A metal branch 10 provided with a rear resilient portion fastened to the forward end of the member 1 by pegs 7 may be used. The branch 10 may be transversely curved as shown in Figure 5 and a slitting element 8 may be attached to either member near its rear end.

In Figures 7 to 10, the peg consists of a member 1 similar to the others. The movable branch, however, consists of a resilient supporting terminal 11 attached to the member 1 and a rigid rear portion 12, near the rear end of which a slitting element 8 is supported.

The members 1 are provided with a slot 13 for attachment to a suitable support as shown in my patent above referred to.

In Figures 1, 2, 3, 6, 7,8 and 10, theslitting element 8 is shown attached to the resiliently supported member 6, at approximately its rear end by the rivets 2 and 3, or by other suitable means, but it is evident that instead of being attached to the movable elementat that point, it may be attached to the peg 1 at a eorresponding point on the concave side of the peg and made to extend through a guide slot "formed in the movable member. This guide slot is preferably formed by slitting the movable member.

In this construction, the movable member servesas a guide and the slit-ting member 8 is made to slit the gut along substantially the same line as is the case Whenthe slitting element 8 is carried on the member 6.

Vhile various forms of movable or resilient branches in connection with the main peg are illustrated, they are all characterized by the fact that they flex near the point of attachment.

I am aware that numerous details of cons truction may be varied through anvide range Without departing from the principles of this invention, and I therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted thereon, otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention:

1. A string-makei"s peg comprising an arcuate member, a movable branch attached to said arcuate member, and a slitting element carried by said branch.

2. A string-make1"s peg con'iprising an arcuate member, a. movable branch attached to said arcuate member, and being resilient adjacent its attaching portion,'and a slitting element carried by said branch.

3. A string-makers peg comprising an arcuate member, a resiliently supported member attached thereto, and a slitting member positioned to operate adjacent to said resiliently supported member.

4. A. string-makefls peg comprising an arcuate member, a movable member attached to said arcuate member, and being resilient adjacent its attaching portion for normally holding the same in spaced relation to said first member, and a slitting element on one of said members for severing a gut on the concave side of said arcuate member.

'5, A stringanakefs peg comprising an arcuate member, a movable member attached to said arcuate member for relative movement with respect thereto, and a slitting element on one of said members for severing a gut on the concave side of said arcuate member.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

HARRY L. DIE'HL. 

